It took England 85 minutes and a golden goal from Chloe Rogers to put England into the final of the women’s World Cup qualifier in Rome today (Thursday), but England have now won their sixth game in a row in this competition to qualify for the World Cup in Madrid in September. England will now play Korea for the gold medal on Saturday.
The transformation of England under coach Danny Kerry has been remarkable. The bonze medal in the Commonwealth Games seems to put the squad into a buoyant mood for this competition, and they have qualified from their pool without dropping a point. England’s qualifying place was assured when they topped their pool, and other qualifying places go to the United States, Japan, and Korea. The fifth and final qualifying place will be decided between China and France on Saturday morning.
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